dogsbody Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 What I have for Norseman drawings: Chris 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 The floats' work for the other build continues: 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 27, 2020 Author Share Posted May 27, 2020 17 hours ago, dogsbody said: What I have for Norseman drawings: Chris Great! THANKS! That covers the Mk5. I am building what I think is an Mk4. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Thanks, Chris! I have bookmarked that puppy for future reference- thanks for sharing it! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Just now, Moa said: Great! THANKS! Hey, no problem! Sometimes I do post things that aren't vulgar and disgusting. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 My subject had lights on the wings, thus they are drilled and home-made lenses are provided: Comparing photos of my subject with the kit, the most evident detail that has to go are those additional hatches. There are deleted: I can't find photos of the back of my subject showing the window on top of the cabin, but it seems to be ahead of where it should in the kit, compared to photos of other planes. There are a few sink marks that will need attention later on. The kit's cowl is the same as in the photos of my subject, so one less issue. The engine as said is very poor, and the prop is not really good either, both will be replaced. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 In 1/72, I see two other kits of the Norseman, a Formaplane (vacuum-formed) and a Choroszy release in resin. Both look fairly nice -from a distance, looking at small photos on the Net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 While putting some reference books back on the shelf last night, I found this booklet. I forgot that I had it and don't remember when I got it. Aging sucks! Anyway, there are a lot of detail pictures and drawings in it. Chris 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 hour ago, dogsbody said: While putting some reference books back on the shelf last night, I found this booklet. I forgot that I had it and don't remember when I got it. Aging sucks! Anyway, there are a lot of detail pictures and drawings in it. Chris Yeap, have to move that roof window back. Thanks, Chris! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 18 hours ago, Moa said: Great! THANKS! That covers the Mk5. I am building what I think is an Mk4. The Mk.V was basically a civil version of the Mk.VI/UC-64. Noorduyn had reserved the "number" V (for Victory), hoping to sell a great number of aircraft after the war. However, the large number of surplus Mk.VIs, and a number of Mk.IVs available made it hard to sell the Mk.V. I must confess my interest in the Norseman comes from writing this book some years ago: https://www.europeanairlines.no/product/noorduyn-norseman-mk-iv-mk-vi/. It covers the type in Norwegian service, but also general history and describes the two variants, with profiles and plan drawings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 minute ago, Vingtor said: I must confess my interest in the Norseman comes from writing this book some years ago..... Oops, I now see that it was mentioned a couple of posts earlier.... 😴 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 I admit that I forgot I had this book, but I bought it because it's about a Canadian designed and built aircraft that was built in fairly large numbers. There are lots of great detail pictures and drawings in it, too. An excellent book, Nils. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 One more nice project coming together. My project is waiting for floats. Donor is currently missing. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 The only Norseman I saw in the wild was a Norwegian float plane at anchor at the old German seaplane base at Tromso (Norway) up in the Artic circle in the mid 70's. Just off the slipway were loads of smashed wooden Norseman airframe parts where they had just broken up several others. In the hangar was a floatplane Beaver. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vingtor Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 16 minutes ago, John Aero said: The only Norseman I saw in the wild was a Norwegian float plane at anchor at the old German seaplane base at Tromso (Norway) up in the Artic circle in the mid 70's. AKA Skattøra. Built by the Norwegian Naval Air Arm in the late 1930s, but finished but the Germans. 16 minutes ago, John Aero said: In the hangar was a floatplane Beaver. Painted in Widerøe's green livery, but actually owned and operated by the CIA..... Nils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Interesting re the Beaver. Thank you for the information. I have an air progress drawing of the Norseman IV. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AaCee26 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 hour ago, Vesa Jussila said: One more nice project coming together. My project is waiting for floats. Donor is currently missing. Hi Vesa, Donor for the floats is very close as they were from a Dornier Do 22, shortened a bit. RS Models will release one soon if you don't have an AviationUSK kit available. Cheers, AaCee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Holden Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Vingtor said: I must confess my interest in the Norseman comes from writing this book some years ago Yes; that's a quite superb book you produced there. Got one at Telford about 10 years ago and I can honestly say there are few better.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 Airscoop hollowed: Correction of details,continues, checking against photos of intended plane: Details are added: Rigging holes for the tail feathers: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 28, 2020 Author Share Posted May 28, 2020 1 hour ago, John Aero said: The only Norseman I saw in the wild was a Norwegian float plane at anchor at the old German seaplane base at Tromso (Norway) up in the Artic circle in the mid 70's. Just off the slipway were loads of smashed wooden Norseman airframe parts where they had just broken up several others. In the hangar was a floatplane Beaver. There is a poem somewhere in that image, John. Let´s play a bit, with a sort of free-style Haiku: Birds of water and sky Broken wings Sleeping and dreaming of white clouds Time is silent but the waves still whisper lapping on the shores of memory 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Aero Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 I like that Moa. My memory, though nearly 50 years ago, is still of the bright varnished wooden pieces, with some lapped by the water at the slipways edge. It wasn't my only encounter with the Men in Dark Glasses on my travels. 😎 John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 The kit's top window is occluded, and the new position, a bit back, is marked in pencil. I did not cut it yet, since I can't corroborate my subject had it, I keep looking: Meanwhile the medium hinge line in the back door (only in one side) is filled: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 The modified kit floats for that other project -and the culprits of me starting this kit- are almost ready: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 Decals for this Forest Service model are being printed as we speak by Arctic Decals 🥰, I was very lucky, as the owner had already gathered and worked on similar material for other projects, thus facilitating the task (and most importantly, shortening the production time!). As many of my modeling supplies have apparently fallen into the Post Office Universal Maelstrom and I have so many delayed projects due to that issue, I will not be holding my breath. This of course has nothing to do with manufacturers and hobby stores (and to some extent, to be fair, we can't blame only the USPS, given the circumstances we are all aware of, although the information they display in their absolutely dysfunctional website is inaccurate and outdated. I spent two hours trying to communicate with customer service, by phone and email. After wasting a lot of time filling their forms and replying to silly questions that did not apply, the form would say something like -you are good to go, please click "send"-, When you did, the form will get blank again, without having sent anything, GRRRRRR!!!!). I will, as I have done with other projects so far, complete the model as far as I can , and then... probably... start yet another project? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fjaweijfopi4j48 Posted May 29, 2020 Author Share Posted May 29, 2020 And now, the usual color conundrum, or as the great Greek philosopher, modeler and olive pitter Styrenedes used to call it "χρωματικό παράδοξο": Many Norseman were painted aluminium and orange*, which makes sense as high vis colors when their service required it. And this is an ex-military machine. Again, many planes in the Forest Service would have patches of yellow, orange or red, as seen in color photos, which makes sense, as they operated in a wooded environment and needed contrasting colors for obvious reasons. But Arctic Decals owner and myself are nagged by this feeling that at least that tail was beautifully green, as the Forest Service logo, if not all the areas in the darker hue. I think I will have to go for some orange variation, as logic dictates that, but still... *(The Dodo that crash-landed in a white house of certain Washington neighborhood, in spite of being orange, is completely unrelated to this build) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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